Answer to Question #240618 in English for Angelie Suarez

Question

Write a reflection paper to explain how the key processes: critical thinking, creative thinking, and design

are applied in social innovation.

Answer 1

Critical thinking is used when judgment is needed to produce a desired set of valued outcomes. That is why the majority of innovation outcomes reflect incremental improvements built on a foundation of critically thought-out solutions.

Creativity is about coming up with the big idea. Innovation is about executing the idea, converting the idea into a successful business. Companies tend to focus far more attention on improving the front end of the innovation process, the creativity.

By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.